New here. Question about time

All the non-daily games (which will have a time listed in minutes), is the total amount of time you have to make all your moves, so in a 10min game you have 10mins and your opponent has 10mins, clocks stop and start as your turn start/ends. If the time is listed as say 3/2 then you get 3mins total and an extra 2 seconds added on after each move.

Daily is the amount of time to play each move, so if it's set to 1 day for example then after your move your opponent has 24hrs to respond and do their move, and then once they move you have 24hrs to respond to their move, then they have 24hrs, etc.

Also every game is timed, though the longest is a 14 day daily game where you have up to 2 weeks to make a move before you'd time out.

Thank you Ozzie. So in a 10 minute game, the game needs to end in 20 total minutes? Is this correct?

The game will ends with either a checkmate/stalemate/draw/resign or when either player uses their 10mins. It's never hit 20mins.

OK I'm starting to understand. Thank you again. I guess I just gotta get in there and do it. Last question if I may, what game time would you consider is the most popular or best for a newbie like myself to play here.

Everyone will recommend different things, but I'd say daily, I'm new myself and it gives you plenty of time to analysis moves before you make them. If you want shorter games play 10min+ for the same reasons, Bullet and Blitz games it's just a flurry and doesn't give you time to think when you're learning.

Best response. Very true, but the op should be wary of time controls with a slash which indicates increment (delay could also extend a game). For example, a 3/2 game would be a 3 minute game with 2 seconds increment per move - increment is time ADDED after each move. The purpose of increment is primarily to improve the quality of the play, since the players will rely less on timing out the opponent if they have low time.

I don't want to confuse matters (time control is really a simple thing once gotten the hang of it), but just wanted to comment on increment/delay so it isn't a total surprise in the future:

Wikipedia gives a lot of time control options; some of them for chess (but also some seldomly used ones too)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_control 

Very good, Yes I'm not interested in the speed games at this point. I appreciate you taking the time to explain all this, thank you.

I second @OzzieTezz recommendation to start with daily games. Aside from being able to take your sweet time on every move there are very useful tools you can use in these games which you cannot do in live games. There is an analysis board where you can try out the move you are thinking of, then put on the board what you think your opponent will do on their move. Then you decide if you like what you see or if there's some other move which might be better. There is also an opening explorer where you can see what moves good players have made in the position which you are in. If you are a beginner these are excellent resources to help you improve and understand better what is going on. 

Thanks KSK, just when I thought I was getting a grasp, ha ha. I'm getting it though, just gotta get more games under my belt!

Wow lots to explore! Thanks Strange mover. Yes sounds like the daily games are a good way to start.

No problem; glad to help.

By the way, "increment" isn't only for speed chess. A lot of longer formats use increment as well. Lastly, "delay" time controls are virtually non-existent online (don't even know how chess.com would set up a delay time control if even possible). Delay has the purpose of giving the chess player time to physically write down the move notation while playing OTB, but online this is done automatically, so delay isn't needed. Online games are usually just "regular" or with increment occasionally.

Cool KSK, I'm gonna check out that link you mentioned, see if I can figure all this out.

Time Controls - Everything You Wanted To Know...

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/time-controls-everything-you-wanted-to-know

Thank you @RussBell for the hyperlink contribution; this is even better than the link I gave

Welcome.  I just edited/rewrote Chess.com's "official" article on "Live" chess time controls in an attempt to explain things more clearly.  Hopefully I have accomplished that.

Not 100% with the thread topic, but the crown (if same I think you are referring to) typically denotes that the chess.com member has a Platinum level membership. Diamond means Diamond level membership and a Gold Star means Gold level membership. 

However, premium members (any level) can change to many different things too.